Show I FOR THOSE WHO WILL REGISTER Government Has Issued Circulars lars Dealing With Questions to toBe toBe Be Asked MAKE WORK EASIER JUNE 5 The Following Detailed Information Should Be Read Re-ad by All Who Are Arc of the Age Called Upon to Do Military Service The law requires every man who has hns passed his twenty-first twenty birthday and not lOt yet reached his thirty first birthday birth birth- lay day on June 5 to o register that day for army irmy service There are no exceptions All AU men from twenty-one twenty to thirty must register Exemptions for health or other reasons will come later This newspaper publication Is the only July notification you will get A prison sentence Is the penalty for allure to register The government has adopted a plan co to facilitate and simplify the filling In of conscription registration cards June 5 6 Circulars containing the twelve questions to be asked and advice as to how they should be answered have hae been prepared for tor distribution How Answers Should Be Made The circular which bears the heading heading head head- ing How to to Answer Questions on Registration Cards reads as follows Questions will be asked for you to answer In the order In which they appear appear appear ap ap- pear on this paper These questions are set out below with detailed Information Information mation matlon to help you answer them Do not write on on mark or otherwise mutilate these Instructions Do not remove remove remove re re- move them They should be carefully read so that you ou w will l have your answers answers answers an an- ready rendy when you go before the registrar l 1 Name In ful full frill A Age Abe e In years This means menns all your names spelled out In full State your age today In years only Disregard additional months or days Be prepared to say nineteen or twenty five not nineteen years three months months' or the like 2 Home Iloine address This means the place where you have your permanent home not the place where you u work Be prepared to give the address In this way Main street Chicago Cook county Illinois Il Illinois Il- Il that Is Is give number and name of street first then town then county count mad nd state Write Birth Date In Advance Date of birth Write your our birthday month day and year on a piece of paper before going to the registrar and give the paper paper paper pa pa- per to him the the first first thing Example August 5 IS 1804 1894 If you ou do not remember the year start to answer as ns you would If someone someone someone some some- one asked you ou your birthday as August August August Au gust 5 5 Then say on my birthday this year yen l' l 1 I 1 will vIll be or was years old The registrar will then Jhen ien fill In Inthe Inthe inthe the year of birth Many people do not carry In mind the year they were born This may be obtained by the Ole registrar by subtracting the age In Inears years ears on this years year's birthday from 1917 4 4 Are you 1 a natural born citizen citizen citi citi- zen 2 a naturalized citizen 3 an nn alien 4 or have you declared your intention to become a citizen specify which 1 I If you were born In the United States Including Alaska and Hawaii you are a natural born citizen no matter matter matter mat mat- ter what may Day have been the citizenship citizenship citizenship citizen citizen- ship or nationality of yo your r parents If you were born In Porto Rico you are a citizen of the United States unless you were born of alien parentage If you were born orn abroad you are still a citizen of the United States If your father tather was a citizen of ot the United States at the time time you were born unless unless unless un un- less you ha have e expatriated yourself 2 You are a naturalized citizen If you have completed your naturalization tion that Is Is If It you have taken final papers But you are not a n citizen If you have only declared your Intention to become a n citizen that Is If It you ou have only taken out first papers' papers inthe In Inthe Inthe the latter case CUBe you ou are only a n declarant declarant ant You are also a 11 naturalized citizen If It although foreign born your father or surviving parent became fully tully nut nat naturalized while you w were rc under twenty- twenty one years ears of age and If you ou came to the United States under twenty 3 You are a declarant if 11 although a citizen or subject of ot some fome foreign country you ou hu have ve declared on oath bere be- be ore ore re a naturalization court your our Jon ton to become a citizen of ot the United States Receipt from the clerk of the court of the certified copy of such declaration is often ended called taking out first papers You are not are not a declarant ff If yo your r first paper was taken out nut after September 20 26 1000 and Is more than seven seen years old 4 4 You are an alien ir If you do do donot not fall within one of ot the three classes above mentioned 5 C. Where were you born First name the town then tho the state then the country countr as Columbus O. O 01 Vienna Austria Paris France I Sofia Bulgaria i iI I G 6 If It not a citizen of what country I Iare are you a n citizen or subject What Is Your Job Right Now 7 What Is your present trade occupation occupation oc oc- oc- oc or office This does not ask what you once did lid nor what you have done most of the time nor what you are re re best fitted to do It asks what your our Job Is right now State briefly as ns farmer miner student laborer on farm In rolling roiling mill mm In automobile wagon or other factory factory factory fac fac- tory etc It If you hold an nn office understate under understate state or federal government name the theoffice office you hold If you sire are In one of the following o offices Ices or employments use one of the names hereafter mentioned Customhouse Custom Customhouse Customhouse house clerk employed ed In the tho transmission transmission transmission sion of the malls mails or employed In an armor armory arsenal or navy yard marIner mariner mariner mar iner actually employed In the sea service sen service ice of citizen or merchant within the United States S 8 By y whom employed 1 Where employed employed em em- If you are working for tor an nn Individual individual ual firm corporation or association state Its name If in business trade profession or employment for yourself so state If you ou are an nn officer of th the state or federal government say whether er your office Is under the United States the state the county or a n mu mu- In answer to the question as to where you are employed give gl the town county and state where you work 9 Have nave you n a father mother wife child under twelve or a sister or brother broth broth- er under tinder twelve solely dependent upon you for support specify which Consider your our answer thoughtfully thoughtful If It Is true time that there Is another mouth than your own which you alone have a duty to feed reed do not let your yom military ardor Interfere with the wish of the nation to reduce wars war's misery toa to toa toa a On the other hand unless the person you ha have e ha tn mind Is solely Dependent on you do not Dot hide behind petticoats ts or children or 10 Married d or 01 single which I IRace Race specify which h This does not ask whether you were once married but whether y you u are married now Inow In answer to the question as to your race state briefly whether Caucasian Mongolian negro Malayan or Indian rJ Declare clare Military Service If Any 11 What military service have you had bad Rank Bran Branch Years Nation Nation Na Na- tion tiou or state slate No matter what country you served you must give complete mation matlon In answering these questions first name your rank using one of the following words Commissioned om noncommissioned officer private private vate Next state branch In which you served In one of the following words Infantry cavalry artillery me medical medi medical I- I cal signal aviation supply marine ma rine navy Next state the number of years' years service not counting time spent In the reserve Finally name the nation or state you served If FIt you served under the United States or one of ot the states of the United State States name your our service In one of the following following fol fol- fol lowing terms National Guard of ot such and such a state militia of ot such and such a state volunteers of ot United States States' or regular army navy of ot United States 12 1112 Do you claim exemption from draft Specify grounds Because you claim exemption from draft It by no means follows that you yon are exempt For the Information of the war department you should make maken a n claim now If It you Intend to prosecute it Some persons will be exempted on account of their occupations or OffiC offices S some on account of the fact that they have relatives dependent upon them for support Your answer touching these things s will be Important in supporting supporting sup porting the claim you now Intend to tomake tomake make e in your answer to the present questions Be sure therefore that time the grounds you now state are In conformity con con- conformity with your an answers to 10 ques questions 7 and 8 In stating grounds you claim as exempting exempting ex ex- empting you use one of ot the following terms If It you claim to be an executive executive tive tin legislative or Judicial officer of the he state or nation name your office and say whether It is an office of the state or nation If you claim to be n a member of a religious sect whose creed cree forbids its members to par participate In tn Inar war ar In any form fonn simply name the sect If It you ou are employed In the transmission transmissIon transmission sion of the United States malls or asan as ns asan an nn artificer or workman In an armory arsenal or navy yard of time United Slate States Slates or if it you are a n mariner employed employed em em- In the sea sen service of any citizen citi citi- citizen zen or merchant within the United States so state If It you OU are ore a felon or otherwise morally deficient and desire to claim exemption on that ground round state your ground briefly If It you claim physical disability state that briefly It If you OU claim exemption ou ou any other ground state Plate your ground briefly |